I don't know if this guy's ideas would work, but it's a shame he hasn't had a chance to really try them out... http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2008/february-march/tiny_turbines.php

After I land at an unfamiliar airport, I feel like a homeless person. This summer I planned a long cross-country from Missouri to California and back, and I wondered if I could fly into small airports and be assured of finding food and lodging. What I learned may be of interest to others. Here is...

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I gave Harmon Leonard a BFR about 20 years ago. He is long gone now but fancied himself quite an opera star. He owned a big freight company here in Seattle and was mostly retired. Bob Gardner will vouch for the fact that Harmon flew for about 30 minutes every day and his REPUBLIC TWIN SEABEE...

Has anyone out there been able to get their aviation medical with a previous diagnosis for ADD or ADHD? What did you have to go through to get it? Thanks for sharing your experience!

We have some older runway threshold lights (L861 SE type) with individual red and green lenses that are smooth as opposed to the ones today that have some shape to them. These lenses are inside the clear globe. They are about 17 years old and I can't find replacements. Anyone know of a source...

AOPA has an article online right now regarding an FAA study to possibly privatize the operation of the FSS system. (http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-4-164x.html) AOPA says, as usual, that they will fight the privatization of the FSS system as vigorously as possible. I fear that some...

I hate cross-posting, and I assume that participants in this newsgroup also participate in .ifr and .student... Just got a copy of the new AWS and it is awesome. The fact that it is published by ASA is not a factor...it's something every serious pilot should have. Twice as many pages as 45E,...

Last March, there was a discussion about a bad day for a JFK ground controller, who was super busy. The audio was impressive and funny to hear. I found the postings, but the link is gone. Does anyone have a copy of the clip or a link? I'd appreciate it, Thanks.

I don't think any kind of weather is as irritating to me as these summertime stationary fronts that just drape themselves through the midwest, generating day after day of fog, rain, drizzle, low clouds, tstorms. Very little wind, air so stagnant that it too is irritating. I tried to fly from...

Okay, so it's not the "Rolling Stone" -- and we can't really see his face behind the gun sight -- but this group's own Vlado Lenoch is on the cover of this month's "Flight Journal" magazine, flying a beautiful Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Congrats, Vlado, both on flying the Jug, and the cover! What...

I believe this chain of lawsuits began when Mrs. Lidle found out that her husband's group policy provided for by the Major League Baseball Players Assosiaction (MLBPA) would not be paying out any money to her, as the accidental death clause wording allegedly specifically excludes coverage if the...

Airbus has been the subject of a daily article this week in the Wall Street Journal. Today's story reported yesterday's meeting with financial entities in Europe. At this meeting Airbus disclosed that the breakeven number of A380 aircraft now stands at 420 articles. This is up from the previous...

A few of you were asking about leaning a Lycoming engine awhile back. Here's the official word from Lycoming: In order to cope with high elevation airport takeoffs with normally aspirated engines, whenever the density altitude is 5,000 feet or higher, the pilot must compensate on the ground before...

This is totally OT for this group -- except the group contains a lot of obviously clever people who are professionally interested in aerodynamic and fluid flows and pressures, pipes, valves, and the like, and maybe someone will be entertained by the following odd bathroom sink behavior. Our newly...

Happy news from Reuters: Pilots flying into and out of a small airport north of Anchorage, Alaska, no longer have to keep an eye out for stray moose on the runway. The municipal airport at Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, has installed an electric anti-moose mat around...

HND Henderson Executive LAS McCarran International LSV Nellis Afb VGT North Las Vegas I am travelling to Las Vegas and am thinking about flying my 172RG from Reid Hillview in San Jose to Henderson Exec in Vegas. I'm concerned about crossing the mountains and conditions getting into LV. I...

Got this in an email. Not bad. And it's free! http://aea.faa.gov/aea200/safety/Garmin.htm The FAA Safety folks (at least here in NY) offer some pretty good seminars but this seems nice enough to post here. Veteran Garmin 430/530 may find it basic though. Marco Leon

I just discovered that the ADDs weather site (US) is looking for comments on their proposed new user interface for winds and temperatures aloft. If you have a moment, take the new interface for a test drive and provide them with your feedback (mail link is at top of...

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